Estimation of the yield coefficient of Pseudomonas sp. strain DP-4 with a low substrate (2,4-dichlorophenol [DCP]) concentration in a mineral medium from which uncharacterized organic compounds were eliminated by a non-DCP- degrading organism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 566-570

  Tarao, Mitsunori ^a   Seto, Masayuki ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; CARBON; GLUCOSE; MINERAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHENOLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0033967891     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.566-570.2000     Document Type: Article

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